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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Shihor Shihor Shaaraim Shaaraim Samaria Samaria Mount Baalah Mount Baalah Jabneel Jabneel Great Sea Great Sea Gaza Gaza Gath Gath Elon Elon Ashkelon Ashkelon Ashdod Ashdod Egypt EGYPT Ekron Ekron 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city mountain known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH ASHKELON · ASHDOD · GAZA · GATH 1 AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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Ruins at Tel Miqne.

Ruins at Tel Miqne.

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DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Ashdod ABOUT 11 MI (18 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Ashkelon ABOUT 20 MI (32 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Gaza ABOUT 30 MI (48 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 3 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Samaria ABOUT 40 MI (64 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 3 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 22 MI (36 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

17 PASSAGES · 8 BOOKS

Joshua 4
Judges 1
1 Samuel 4
2 Kings 3
Jeremiah 1
Amos 1
Zephaniah 1
Zechariah 2

COORDINATES 31.7775, 34.8519

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